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MISCELLANEOUS OCCUPATIONS
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SWEET-MEAT MAKING
Most of the sweet-meat makers shops were located at Shegaon and Jalamb, the reason for the location at Shegaon being the reli-gious significance attached to the place due to the samadhi of Gajanan Maharaj. Persons visiting this place generally offer sweet-meats to the samadhi. The familiar local sweet-meat preparations are pedha, ladu, barfi, halva, jilebi etc.
Most of the shops used family labour and were small in size. The initial capital needed for a small unit was on an average Rs. 250 and was spent on tools and equipment such as big vessels, parat, frying pans, etc.
The raw-materials were purchased locally and comprised milk, sugar, atta, oil, and flour of horse-gram, etc. The average expen-diture on raw-materials varied from Rs. 100 to Rs. 500 per month. The average net earning of a small unit was Rs. 200 per month and fluctuations in it depended upon the season and the size of the establishment. Charges towards rent were negligible.
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